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Oystercatcher - Haematopus Ostalegus
Norfolk
The oystercatcher is a large, stocky, black and white wading bird. It has a long, orange-red bill and reddish-pink legs. In flight it shows a wide, white wing-stripe, a black tail and a white rump that extends as a 'V' between the wings.
Because it eats cockles, the population is vulnerable if cockle beds are overexploited.
They breed on almost all UK coasts. During the last 50 years, more birds have started breeding inland. Most UK birds spend the winter on the coast where they are joined on the east coast by birds from Norway.
Population:
UK breeding:
110,000 pairs
UK wintering:
340,000 birds
Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Fishing cat populations are threatened by destruction of wetlands and numbers have declined in the last decade.The fishing cat lives in the vicinity of wetlands, rivers, streams, oxbow lakes, swamps and mangroves.
Found in West Bengal but photographed at Big Cat Sanctuary, Kent
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), one of three 18-month-old siblings (one male & two females) who recently left mom and were out hunting on their own.
Samburu National Reserve, Kenya, Africa.
Conservation Status: Vulnerable
South African giraffe or Cape giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa). Kirkman's Kamp, Sabi Sands, South Africa.. Conservation Status: Vulnerable
young members of a Lion pride resting on a kopje in the northern Serengeti, Tanzania.
IUCN RED LIST STATUS: vulnerable
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A. cygnoides is currently classified as Vulnerable (VU) by the IUCN Red List: it meets one of the 5 red list criteria and is therefore considered to be at high risk of unnatural (human-caused) extinction
Total population was estimated as 60–90,000 individuals in 2012.
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I've really been having the urge to shoot naked lately and most of my pics have been with skin I've finally figured it out today. I've been feeling very vulnerable lately I feel like I've been putting my self out there in all aspects of my life and its very scary.
But I've done it knowingly and on purpose and I'm not gonna run scared into my hole again! I'm staying out there and letting people in letting people see me and whatever happens because of it will happen and I'm not gonna run away!
A really good example is this "person" (hey you) some of you asked about since I wrote what I wrote on day 141 and after ive replied "NO" to your question "do you have a boy friend?" the response was the same " be careful!! You might get hurt" but that’s exactly the point. No I don’t want to get hurt, nobody does, but Its about putting myself out there I have to be in those situations that make me FEEL!! In those situations that make me vulnerable I've been staying away from that for years! And if I want to learn how to open my heart I have to start doing things that are scary! And I have to go on roads I don’t know where they will lead me but I have to go !! I have to be there
Besides my old and wise soul knows that no one can ever hurt me only I can … and my heart is by far the strongest most balanced and wise organ in my body! It is time though to let people in to have a look around…
The pics the curator chose for august are also making me feel very very very vulnerable and very OUT THERE very naked!! That’s also been throwing me off abit im starting to get really scared. People are starting to notice me and look at me I walk in the street and people are looking (well men mostly) but it never use to be like that! I was always in the back round never in the front! but i think Im in the front now ...of my own life!
And it’s a weird place to be when your use to the dark alleys of your anxieties! And i think that’s why I feel so naked… I feel raw!!
And now is when it gets tough! Staying in this rawness and not running away and putting all my guards up again! thats the hard part.
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I hope I don’t sound arrogant and conceited!!
(see that me juging my self !!)
Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) feeding on eucalyptus in the Australia Outback habitat of the San Diego Zoo.
Koalas prefer the more nutritious leaves at the top of the trees, usually eating one leaf at a time. Of the nearly 900 species of Eucalyptus in Australia, koalas eat approximately 70.
Conservation status: Vulnerable
Le grèbe castagneux est classé comme espèce vulnérable en Finlande. C'est un oiseau difficile à observer car il passe le plus clair de son temps caché dans la végétation.
La tête, la nuque, la poitrine et le dos de l'adulte sont de couleur noire. Ses joues, sa gorge et son cou son marron-rougeâtre foncé et ses flancs son marron foncé. Une petite tache jaune située à la base du bec est nettement visible. Le reste du bec est noir avec une extrémité claire. Ses très grosses pattes sont verdâtre foncé et son iris est marron-rougeâtre.
Les juvéniles sont plus clairs que les adultes, avec une calotte, une nuque et un dos foncés, des joues, les côtés du cou et les flancs étant marron-jaunâtre, tandis que la partie basse du cou et la poitrine sont marron-rougeâtre. Des motifs plus foncés et plus clairs restent visibles sur leurs têtes, et ce pendant une grande partie de l'hiver.
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The Little Grebe is classified as Vulnerable in Finland. It is a bird difficult to observe because it spends most of its time hidden in the vegetation.
The head, neck, chest and back of the adult are black. His cheeks, throat and neck are dark reddish-brown and his flanks are dark brown. A small yellow spot at the base of the beak is clearly visible. The rest of the bill is black with a clear end. Its very large legs are dark greenish and its iris is brown-reddish.
The juveniles are lighter than adults, with a dark cap, nape and back, cheeks, sides of the neck and flanks being brown-yellowish, while the lower part of the neck and chest are reddish-brown. Darker, lighter patterns remain visible on their heads for much of winter.
Considered vulnerable the Aldabra giant tortoise can live for more than 150 years ,possibly 200 years ! Its carapace can be 4 feet in length & their weight 250 Kg. Having a mainly vegetarian diet they obtain most of their water from their diet.
Taken at the Casela Bird Park, Mauritius .
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Be vulnerable
Be raw
Say how you
feel without fear
of judgement
and without
worrying about
the response.
Ask for what
you want.
When you're true
to yours by
speaking your truth
you've done all
you could do,
that's enough
peace of mind.
- Morgan Mandriota -
Taxi to Brynn Oh's Lobby Cam
A masked lapwing or spur winged plover, Vanellus miles, chick that I think was less than two days old. Unfortunately, the parents did not stay very close to it so I did not get a reasonable photo of the chick and one of its parents together. Its height was less than the height of its parents knees (see next photo). I kept my distance because masked plovers will defend the chicks and they have spurs on their wings with which they could attack.
Masked lapwings do not always choose good places to nest. They have been known to nest on railway tracks. This pair probably nested on the ground in the backyard of a house. They would often go onto quite a busy road and did not stop the chick going onto the road.
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A male Stitchbird or Hihi, a small honeyeater endemic to New Zealand. Once widespread through North Island New Zealand but now only seen at a handful of off-shore islands and ecosanctuaries such as Zealandia. Due to this bird nesting in tree trunks and with the introduction of Europeans and rats/rodents in the 1840s only one remnant off-shore island population remained by the 1990s. A small number of Hihi were relocated to Zealandia in 2005 and Zealandia now has upwards of 100 birds with a further 29 eggs in the current breeding season. The average lifespan is only 3-4 years. The bird remains nationally vulnerable and at serious risk of extinction.
19 year old female polar bear (Ursus maritimus) "Tatqiq" enjoying a special day of snow at the San Diego Zoo. Conservation status: Vulnerable
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African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Lewa Wildlife Conservancy.
Conservation Status: Vulnerable
One of two cubs leopard cubs (Panthera pardus) born ~ March 2021 to 9 year old "Nkoveni". Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, South Africa. Conservation Status: Vulnerable
I noticed these beautiful golden stalks of wheat in a field close to me so I stopped and took a couple of shots. I liked these random sunflowers sprouting up.
Taken as the sun was beginning to set and the giraffes had come to the waterhole , It is a common sight to see these giants arrange their bodies in such a way that they are able to get down to drink but it is a very risky and vulnerable moment for them. If there are any lions in the area they make for easy prey while drinking . Usually they come in groups and there is one or two that will stand guard. So gentle giants !!!!
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La Ceja, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.
Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster
(Red-bellied Grackle / Cacique candela)
The red-bellied grackle is endemic to Colombia where it is found in all three Andean ranges at altitudes of 800 to 2,400m (2,600 to 7,900ft) above sea level.
Its natural habitat is tropical forest, but the trees are increasingly being felled for timber and to make way for agriculture, and little virgin forest remains within its range.
H. pyrohypogaster was formerly classified as "endangered" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature but in 2012 the threat level was lowered to "vulnerable". This is on the basis that, although its forest habitat remains under pressure, it has been found at some new locations where it was not known before. The total population is now estimated to be in the range 2,500 to 9,999 individuals.
Considered Vulnerable by BirdLife International and only easily distinguished from the closely related and formerly conspecific Chestnut-backed Tanager (Tangara preciosa) by the black back, this species is generally poorly known, although it seems to be one the of the few tanagers to perform seasonal migrations. The species’ overall range stretches from Espírito Santo south to Rio Grande do Sul, in southeast Brazil, although there is only one definite record from the last-named state. It is largely restricted to coastal sand-plain forest and littoral scrub, and the species also visits gardens and orchards. Seasonal displacements occur in Rio de Janeiro, where its arrival coincides with the ripening of certain fruits, and the Black-backed Tanager is also more common in São Paulo during the austral winter, which season has produced all of the available records in Espírito Santo. This one was photographed in São Paulo.
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Nombre común: Tángara multicolor
Nombre científico: Chlorochrysa nitidissima
Nombre en ingles: Multicolored Tanager
Nombre en alemán: Schwaarzohr Bunttangare
Nombre en francés: Tangara multicolore
Lugar de la foto: 1700 msnm, Vereda Costa Rica, Municipio de Mistrató, Risaralda, Colombia.
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The mother lion (Pantera leo) brought her cubs back to the watering hole that she had visited earlier in the day. The little ones will hopefully learn how to be successful lions from her. Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, South Africa. Conservation status: Vulnerable
Masai Mara National Reserve
Kenya
East Africa
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The lion (Panthera leo) is a species in the cat family (Felidae). The lion is sexually dimorphic; males are larger than females with a typical weight range of 150 to 250 kg (331 to 551 lb) for the former and 120 to 182 kg (265 to 401 lb) for the latter. Male lions have a prominent mane, which is the most recognisable feature of the species.
A lion pride consists of a few adult males, related females and cubs. Groups of female lions typically hunt together, preying mostly on large ungulates. The species is an apex and keystone predator, although they scavenge when opportunities occur.
Typically, the lion inhabits grasslands and savannas but is absent in dense forests. It is usually more diurnal than other big cats, but when persecuted it adapts to being active at night and at twilight.
It has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1996 because populations in African countries have declined by about 43% since the early 1990s. Habitat loss and conflicts with humans are the greatest causes for concern. - Source Wikipedia
Male snow leopard (Ramil), Panthera uncia. Born June 14, 2012 at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo, Syracuse, New York. He came to the San Diego Zoo October 2014 to be part of a species survival breeding program.
Conservation Status: Vulnerable
We had a shooting assignment in my camera club to do a photo series, with some limits. The required limit was using the same focal length in all images. The other one I chose was "in camera double exposure."
I have gone through a lot of emotional ups and downs in the past several weeks, and decided to do self portraits to convey my feelings, emotions and vulnerabilities.
So there are six in the series. I used my Lensbaby Velvet 56, and with each double exposure, I also moved while the shutter was open to create more of an abstract effect. I will be posting them, interspersed with my other posts.
#1 in Self Portrait series
Sabi Sabi Game Reserve
Near Kruger National Park
South Africa
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The leopard (Panthera pardus) is one of the five species in the genus Panthera, a member of the Felidae. The leopard occurs in a wide range in sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Asia and is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List because leopard populations are threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation and are declining in large parts of the global range.
Contemporary records suggest that the leopard occurs in only 25% of its historical global range. Leopards are hunted illegally, and their body parts are smuggled into the wildlife trade for medicinal practices and decoration.
Compared to other wild cats, the leopard has relatively short legs and a long body with a large skull. It is similar in appearance to the jaguar, but generally has a smaller, lighter physique. Its fur is marked with rosettes similar to those of the jaguar, but the leopard's rosettes are smaller and more densely packed, and do not usually have central spots as the jaguar's do. Both leopards and jaguars that are melanistic are known as black panthers.
The leopard is distinguished by its well-camouflaged fur, opportunistic hunting behaviour, broad diet, and strength (which it uses to move heavy carcasses into trees), as well as its ability to adapt to various habitats ranging from rainforest to steppe, including arid and montane areas, and its ability to run at speeds of up to 58 kilometres per hour (36 mph). – Wikipedia
Nombre común: tororoí bicolor, tororoi rufocenizo, chululú bicolor, cholongo o cocona,
Nombre científico: Grallaria rufocinerea
Nombre en ingles: Bicolored Antiptta
Nombre en alemán: Sweifarben Ameisenpitta
Nombre en francés: Grallaire bicolore
Lugar de la foto: 2850 msnm, Glamping, El Color de mis Reves, Villamaria, Caldas, Colombia
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Mara North Conservancy, Kenya
half an hour later the prey was taken over by hyaenas
cheetah
acinonyx jubatus
jachtluipaard
guépard
Gepard
guepardo o chita
ghepardo
IUCN RED LIST Status: Vulnerable and the trend is DECREASING
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17 year old male Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) named Satu. He is one of two dragons in the newly opened Komodo Kingdom. Satu, which means “one” in Indonesian, was the first Komodo dragon born in Canada and currently weighs about 128 pounds. Also known as the Komodo monitor, these 'dragons' are the largest extant species of lizard. San Diego Zoo. Conservation status: Vulnerable